Our cleaning fees for the year were $40k, landscaping $2.5k, handyman $3k... all tasks that can be done by an operator and off set the loss of income from occupying the main house that brought in about $40k for 2024.My wife and I have decided that even though it makes good money, we have been in Texas for a year and we want to do something similar here and we are very much DIY people and don't want a PM company to run it to the ground.

I am looking to rent out a single property in the next 6 months and wanted to get recommendations on a property management software for small time DIY. 

I don't know of an inspector but I do have a great electrician, handyman and clean-out crew if any of those would be helpful! 

When you first approach the homeowners about helping them out of their property, you'll want to let them know that you aren't going to save their mortgage you're just trying to give them a clean escape from having that defaulted mortgage on their credit.

So does he really not need affiliates and referral partners (or) is he just cleaning house (or) is there where he goes full ponzi scheme? 

When I look for my next property, I work on cleaning up credit, so my scores are as good as I can get them.  

Attention to detail is a big one for me, make sure when they wrap up jobs they do the right work and finish the job clean without having a ton of stuff missing 

Start with one that might need some clean up and go from there.

Could do I a lot less to get lower rents (for example an upgrade may be $10-$15k where a bare minimum repairs and cleaning may only be $1-2k).

This helps immensely to get sheets and towels clean.